hipster

ヒップスター

大衆に人気のものより、珍しい音楽や服、趣味を好む人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who prefers unusual music, clothes, and interests to those popular with most people.

• That hipster only buys old records.
• Hipsters gather at the independent coffee shop.
• She jokes that her vintage bicycle makes her a hipster.

類義語： nonconformist

反対語： conformist

よく使う表現： hipster cafe, hipster culture, hipster neighborhood

ヒップスター、流行好き

最新の流行を追い、今風で格好よく見られたい人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who follows the newest fashions and wants to seem modern and cool.

• He's a hipster with expensive shoes.
• The cafe attracts fashionable hipsters.
• That hipster always knows the newest bands.

類義語： trend follower

よく使う表現： trendy hipster, hipster fashion, young hipster

ボヘミアン、ビートニク

社会の慣習にとらわれず自由に暮らす、芸術を好む集団の一員。

やさしい英語で： Someone in a group that lives freely and rejects usual social rules, often with artistic interests.

• The hipster read poems in smoky cafes.
• Those hipsters rejected conventional careers.
• A young hipster joined the circle of experimental writers.

類義語： bohemian, beatnik

よく使う表現： bohemian hipster, beat hipster, hipster poet

ジャズ愛好家

ジャズに詳しく、自分をおしゃれで格好いいと思っている愛好家。

やさしい英語で： A jazz fan who knows the music well and sees themselves as stylish and cool.

• The hipster knew every jazz record.
• Hipsters crowded the club to hear the saxophonist.
• An older hipster told us stories about early bebop.

類義語： jazz buff, jazz enthusiast

よく使う表現： jazz hipster, hipster slang, hipster crowd

ヒップスターぶる

独特の好みを持ち、格好よく見られたい人のように振る舞う。

やさしい英語で： To act like someone with unusual tastes who wants to seem cool.

• They hipster around all weekend.
• We hipstered at little cafes instead of going sightseeing.
• Stop hipstering and tell me which music you actually like.

よく使う表現： hipster around, hipster at cafes

ヒップスター風にする

人の服装や場所の飾りを、流行を取り入れた独特の雰囲気にする。

やさしい英語で： To dress someone or decorate a place in a trendy, unusual style.

• Let's hipster this room up.
• She hipstered her outfit with an old hat.
• They hipstered the bar with mismatched chairs and vintage posters.

使い方： hipster something up (They hipstered the cafe up with vintage lamps.)

よく使う表現： hipster something up, hipster a room